The Terrific Twos

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The Terrific Twos
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Growth and Development

• Growth the physical changes as a child grows.
• A childs increases in weight, height, and other
  body changes.
• Ex. Hair, teeth, puberty

• Development increases and changes in physical,
  emotional, social, or intellectual skills.
• Head to foot
• Near to far
• Simple to complex

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Two Year Olds

• Physical growth slows down, but development
  continues at a rapid pace.
• Physical
• Cognitive
• Social
• Emotional

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Physical Development

• Rapid growth slows from infancy
• Proportions change
• Less baby more child
• Baby fat begins to disappear.
• Not so round
• More coordinated in movements
• More control
• Gross and Fine motor skills improving.

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Gross Motor Development

• Walks more easily
• Shows more control of movements and balance
• Climbing
• Jumping Hopping
• Kicking

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Fine Motor Development

• Have more control over hands and fingers
• Love to experiment, practice, and play as they
  develop these skills
• Drawing, holding scissors
• Zip, buttons, manipulating things, etc
• Developing Hand Eye coordination

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Self-Help I do it

• Eager to do for themselves
• Independent
• Provide opportunities for them to do for
  themselves
• Simple clothes
• Easy tasks
• experimenting

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Cognitive DevelopmentLanguage Skills

• Join familiar words into phrases (2-3 words)
• Basic grammar
• Some modifiers (adverbs and adjectives)
• Plurals, possessive, simple past tense
• Rapidly growing vocabulary (add words daily)
• Point to common objects when they are named
• Name objects based on their description
• Respond to "what?" and "where?" questions
• Enjoy listening to stories and asking for
  favorite stories
• Recount events that happened that day
• Not always easy to understand.
• Arguing with a 2 year old
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vmmXn3PFvNNs

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Promoting DevelopmentLanguage Skills

• Read books with them
• Listen to them
• Talk to them
• Encourage them to talk
• have them identify items
• Sing songs with them
• Repeat back to them what they have said with
  corrections, yes you have a red truck.

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Cognitive DevelopmentThinking Skills

• Learning through exploration.
• Responds to simple directions.
• Can name identify objects in pictures
• Group objects by category
• Stack rings on peg in order of size
• Identify themselves in the mirror, saying "baby"
  or their own name
• Relate what they are doing to others
• Observe and imitate adult actions (for example,
  housekeeping play)
• Thinks everyone sees world from their point of
  view
• Tantrums result when things dont go their way

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Promoting DevelopmentThinking Skills

• Simple problem solving activities
• Have puzzles for them
• Give them opportunities to sort things
• Let them explore how things work

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Social Emotional Development

• Social and emotional milestones can be seen in
  the skills that increase a childs
• self-awareness and self-regulation.
• The social skills and emotional development can
  be seen in the ability to
• pay attention,
• make transitions from one activity to another,
• cooperate with others.
• These milestones are a very important part of
  school readiness.

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Social Development

• Children enjoy parallel play, engaging in
  solitary activities near other children.
• Watch other children and briefly join in play
• Defend their possessions
• Begin to play house
• Use objects symbolically in play
• Participate in simple group activities, such as
  singing clapping or dancing
• Know gender identity
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Toddler Rules of Property

• 1. If it is in my hand, its mine
• 2. If I like it, its mine
• 3. If it looks like mine, its mine
• 4. If I think its mine, its mine
• 5. If I had it a little while ago, its mine
• 6. If I can take it from you, its mine
• 7. If Im doing or building something, all of the
  pieces are mine
• 8. If its mine, it must never appear to be yours
  in any way
• 9. If its broken, its yours.

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Emotional Development

• Show awareness of gender identity
• Feel sense of accomplishment when
• They can take care of their toileting needs
• They help to dress and undress themselves
• Can be assertive about their preferences and say
  no to adult requests
• Begin self-evaluation and see themselves as good,
  bad, attractive, etc.
• Show awareness of their own feelings and those of
  others, and talk about feelings
• Rapid mood changes and show increased fearfulness
  
• Display aggressive feelings and behaviors

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Promoting Social Emotional Development Helping
them through the rough spots

• Reasons for tantrums
• Frustration
• Desire for independence
• Tired or hungry
• Wanting attention
• Over stimulation

• Ways to avoid tantrums
• Set a good example
• Give plenty of praise
• Avoid trouble-spots
• Look for signs
• Offer control and choices

Dealing with tantrums Keep calm Divert her
attention Ignore the behavior Hold the
child close Take time out How to throw a
tantrum http//www.youtube.com/watch?vWLKukwm9ODo
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